[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 46 (Friday, March 8, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 8411-8413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04244]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Parts 429 and 430

[EERE-2012-BT-STD-0045]
RIN 1904-AC87


Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for 
Ceiling Fan Light Kits; Correction

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is publishing this final 
rule to correct references to the compliance date for energy 
conservation standards for ceiling fan light kits (CFLKs) and correct 
inaccurate cross-references to these standards. On May 16, 2018, DOE 
published a final rule that amended the energy conservation standards 
for CFLKs, which contained some inadvertent errors. This document 
corrects those errors.

DATES: Effective March 8, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    Ms. Lucy deButts, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program, EE-2J, 
1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: 
(202) 287-1604. Email: [email protected].
    Elizabeth Kohl, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General 
Counsel, GC-33, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121. 
Telephone: (202) 586-7796. Email: [email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III, Part B \1\ of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (EPCA),\2\ established the 
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other Than 
Automobiles. (42 U.S.C. 6291-6309) These products include CFLKs, the 
subject of this document. Section 325(ff)(5) of EPCA authorizes DOE to 
consider amended standards for CFLKs. (42 U.S.C. 6295(ff)(5)) On 
January 6, 2016 DOE published a final rule amending energy conservation 
standard for CFLKs with a compliance date of 3 years after the date of 
issuance, i.e., January 7, 2019. 81 FR 580. Section 325(ff)(5) required 
that the compliance date of the standards be at least 2 years after the 
date of issuance, and the 3 year lead time DOE specified in the final 
standards rule is consistent with other provisions of EPCA that require 
a 3-year lead time for some products. (42 U.S.C. 6295(ff)(5)(B)) 
Section 325(ff)(6) of EPCA also authorizes DOE to consider amended 
standards for ceiling fans, as a separate product under the statute. 
(42 U.S.C. 6295(ff)(6)) On January 19, 2017 DOE published a final rule 
amending energy conservation standards for ceiling fans with a 
compliance date of January 21, 2020. 82 FR 6826. Section 325(ff)(6) did 
not have a similar provision regarding the compliance date for ceiling 
fan standards; however, as with the CFLK rule, the 3 year lead time DOE 
specified in the final standards rule is consistent with other 
provisions of EPCA that require a 3-year lead time for some products.
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    \1\ For editorial reasons, upon codification in the U.S. Code, 
Part B was redesignated Part A.
    \2\ All references to EPCA in this document refer to the statute 
as amended through America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, 
Public Law 115-270 (October 23, 2018).
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    After DOE's promulgation of final rules establishing energy 
conservation standards for CFLKs and ceiling fans, Congress enacted S. 
2030, the ``Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act'' (``the 
Act''), which was signed into law as Public Law 115-161 on April 3, 
2018. The Act amended the compliance date for the CFLK standards to 
establish a single compliance date for the energy conservation 
standards for both CFLKs and ceiling fans. The Act also required that 
DOE, not later than 60 days after the date of enactment, make any 
technical and conforming changes to any regulation, guidance document, 
or procedure necessary to implement the changed compliance date. On May 
16, 2018 DOE published a final rule that amended the compliance date 
for CFLKs at 10 CFR 430.32(s)(3), (4), (5), and (6) by replacing 
``January 7, 2019'' with ``January 21, 2020'' (hereafter 2018 CFLK 
Correction final rule). 83 FR 22587. DOE also updated a cross reference 
in 10 CFR 430.32(s)(5), changing the reference to paragraphs ``(s)(2) 
or (3)'' to paragraphs ``(s)(3) or (4).'' Paragraph (s)(5) provides 
requirements for ceiling fan light kits other than those specified in 
the cross-referenced paragraphs, which were not updated when the new 
ceiling fan standards were codified as paragraph (s)(2). However, in 
that rule certain sections of the CFR that should also have been 
corrected to reflect the accurate compliance date and cross-references 
to energy conservation standards were not.
    In this final rule, DOE is amending 10 CFR 430.23 and 10 CFR 429.33 
to reference uniformly the correct compliance date for CFLK energy 
conservation standards. Specifically, DOE is amending the CFLK test 
procedure provisions at 10 CFR 430.23(x)(2) and certification 
provisions at 10 CFR 429.33(a)(3) by replacing in these paragraphs the 
text ``January 7, 2019'' with ``January 21, 2020.''
    In addition, DOE is amending incorrect cross-references to CFLK 
energy conservation standards. Specifically, the certification 
provisions at 10 CFR 429.33(a)(2)(v) currently cite 10 CFR 430.32(s)(4) 
in reference to energy conservation standards for CFLKs with sockets or 
packaged with lamps other than medium screw bases or pin-bases. 
However, 10 CFR 430.32(s)(4) specifies energy conservation requirements 
for CFLKs with pin-based sockets for fluorescent lamps. Energy 
conservation requirements for CFLKs with socket types other than medium 
screw base or pin-based are specified in 10 CFR 430.32(s)(5). 
Therefore, DOE is amending 10 CFR 429.33(a)(2)(v) by replacing ``10 CFR 
430.32(s)(4)'' with ``10 CFR 430.32(s)(5).'' Further 10 CFR 
430.32(s)(3)(i) and (ii) respectively, reference paragraphs (s)(2)(ii) 
and (s)(2)(i) in that section with regards to requirements for compact 
fluorescent lamps. However, 10 CFR 430.32(s)(2)(i) and (ii) only 
specify requirements related to ceiling fans. The requirements for 
compact fluorescent lamps are specified in 10 CFR 430.32(s)(3)(i) and 
(ii). Therefore, DOE is amending 10 CFR 430.32(s)(3) by replacing 
``(s)(2)(ii)'' with ``(s)(3)(ii)'' and replacing ``(s)(2)(i)'' with 
``(s)(3)(i).''

Procedural Issues and Regulatory Review

    The regulatory reviews conducted for this rulemaking are those set 
forth in the 2018 CFLK Correction final rule. In light of the 
applicable statutory requirement enacted by Congress to deem the 
compliance date for CFLK standards to be January 21, 2020, the absence 
of any benefit in providing comment given that the rule incorporates 
the specific requirement established by Public Law 115-161, DOE finds 
that there is good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to not provide prior 
notice and an opportunity for public comment on the actions outlined in 
this document to implement Public Law 115-161. DOE similarly finds good 
cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to not provide prior notice and an 
opportunity for public comment on the update to the erroneous cross-
reference. For these reasons, providing prior notice and an opportunity 
for public comment would, in this instance, be unnecessary and contrary 
to the public interest. For the same reason, DOE finds good cause 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to waive the 30-day delay in effective 
date for this rule. Neither the errors nor the corrections in this 
document affect the substance of the rulemaking that amended standards 
of CFLKs (81 FR 580; January 6, 2016) or any of the conclusions reached 
in support of the final rule.

List of Subjects

10 CFR Part 429

    Administrative practice and procedure, Confidential business 
information, Energy conservation, Household appliances, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

10 CFR Part 430

    Administrative practice and procedure, Confidential business 
information, Energy conservation, Household appliances, Imports, 
Intergovernmental relations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
and Small businesses.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 28, 2019.
Steven Chalk,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary For Energy Efficiency, Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, parts 429 and 430 of title 
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations are corrected by making the 
following correcting amendments:

PART 429--CERTIFICATION, COMPLIANCE, AND ENFORCEMENT FOR CONSUMER 
PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT

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1. The authority citation for part 429 continues to read as follows:


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    Authority:  42 U.S.C. 6291-6317.


Sec.  429.33  [Amended]

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2. Section 429.33 is amended:
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a. In paragraph (a)(2)(v) by removing the language ``Sec.  
430.32(s)(4)'' and adding in its place ``Sec.  430.32(s)(5)''; and
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b. In paragraph (a)(3) by removing the language ``January 7, 2019'' and 
adding in its place ``January 21, 2020''.

PART 430--ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS

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3. The authority citation for part 430 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  42 U.S.C. 6291-6309; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.


Sec.  430.23  [Amended]

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4. Section 430.23 is amended in paragraph (x)(2) introductory text by 
removing the language a ``January 7, 2019'' and adding in its place 
``January 21, 2020''.


Sec.  430.32  [Amended]

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5. Section 430.32 is amended:
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a. In paragraph (s)(3)(i) introductory text by removing the language 
``(s)(2)(ii)'' and adding in its place ``(s)(3)(ii)''; and
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b. In paragraph (s)(3)(ii) by removing the language ``(s)(2)(i)'' and 
adding in its place ``(s)(3)(i)''.

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